1995–96 Guatemalan general election

General elections were held in Guatemala on 12 November 1995, with a second round of the presidential elections held on 7 January 1996.[1] Álvaro Arzú of the National Advancement Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 46.8% on 12 November and 36.9% on 7 January.[2]

1995–96 Guatemalan general election

Presidential election
12 November 1995 (first round)
7 January 1996 (second round)
 
Nominee Álvaro Arzú Alfonso Portillo
Party PAN PRI
Running mate Alberto Flores Asturias Carlos Méndez
Popular vote 671,354 639,404
Percentage 51.22% 48.78%


President before election

Ramiro de León Carpio
Independent

President-elect

Álvaro Arzú
PAN

Results

President

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Álvaro ArzúLuis Alberto Flores AsturiasNational Advancement Party565,39336.50671,35451.22
Alfonso PortilloCarlos Aníbal Méndez CabreraGuatemalan Republican Front341,36422.04639,40448.78
Fernando Andrade Díaz-DuránLizardo Arturo Sosa LópezUCNDCGPSD200,39312.94
Jorge Luis González del ValleJuan León AlvaradoDemocratic Front New Guatemala119,3057.70
Acisclo Valladares MolinaDaniel Agustín González EstradaProgressive Liberating Party80,7615.21
José Luis Chea UrruelaOscar Rolando Chaclán SapónDemocratic Union56,1913.63
Luis Rolando Torres CasanovaOscar Lionel Figueredo AraAuthentic Integral Development39,4252.55
Héctor Mario López FuentesUlysses Charles Dent WeissenbergNational Liberation Movement35,6752.30
José "Pepe" FernándezArturo Eduardo Meyer MaldonadoProgressive Party25,2191.63
Héctor GramajoMarco Antonio Rojas de YapanPIDFUN18,0601.17
Miguel Ángel Montepeque ContrerasOscar Rafael Prem SáenzGuatemalan Reformist Party17,4711.13
Monchis Godoy GómezArturo Leopoldo Soto EcheverríaNational Historic Change11,3440.73
Juan José Rodil PeraltaJosé Guillermo Echeverría VielmanPeople's Party8,1400.53
Ángel Aníbal GuevaraJosé Arturo López MalumbreGuatemalan Democratic Party6,7140.43
Carlos Augusto Morales VillatoroMarco Antonio Villamar ContrerasPopular Alliance 56,1930.40
Lionel Sisniega Otero BarriosHéctor Miguel Montenegro CamblorNationalist Authentic Centre6,0790.39
Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de SolísErik de Jesús Maldonado ArreagaPopular Democratic Force5,8850.38
Mario Francisco Castejón García PrendesOscar Grotewold SolaresDestitute People's Movement3,1190.20
Carlos Alfonso González QuezadaOscar Emilio Gordillo DíazPCNMPL2,1330.14
Total1,548,864100.001,310,758100.00
Valid votes1,548,86489.171,310,75895.76
Invalid/blank votes188,16910.8358,0704.24
Total votes1,737,033100.001,368,828100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,711,58946.803,711,58936.88
Source: Nohlen, Rosón, TSE

Congress

PartyNationalDistrictTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
National Advancement Party645,44637.767477,23232.803643
Guatemalan Republican Front335,19519.614284,93619.591721
UCNDCGPSD188,48811.03230,4152.0902
Democratic Front New Guatemala163,6009.572120,3688.2746
Progressive Liberating Party70,5654.13054,6513.7600
Democratic Union68,6634.02161,9794.2612
National Liberation Movement51,3153.00046,3463.1911
Authentic Integral Development48,7782.85048,7033.3500
Guatemalan Reformist Party25,3661.48026,7411.8400
Progressive Party25,2001.47015,1701.0400
National Historic Change16,7320.98014,1190.9700
FUNPID11,7980.69012,3680.8500
People's Party11,6720.6808,4610.5800
Guatemalan Democratic Party11,4580.67014,0740.9700
Nationalist Authentic Centre10,0280.5904,9370.3400
Popular Alliance 59,6470.5606,9140.4800
Popular Democratic Front5,0920.3001,8220.1300
Destitute People's Movement3,7370.2202,5100.1700
Social Reformist Union3,4020.2003,6350.2500
PCN–MPL2,1020.1201,8970.1300
Guatemalan Party of Labour8960.0501,7440.1200
National Centre Union86,8825.9722
Guatemalan Christian Democracy78,9325.4333
DCGPSD20,5481.4100
DCGUCN14,2540.9800
Democratic Social Party6,5790.4500
UDPSD2,9040.2000
Patriotic Movement Liberty2,5740.1800
UCNPSD2,2810.1600
Party of National Reconciliation8600.0600
Total1,709,180100.00161,454,836100.006480
Valid votes1,709,18086.741,454,83687.31
Invalid/blank votes261,21213.26211,49212.69
Total votes1,970,392100.001,666,328100.00

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p324

Bibliography

  • Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
  • Political handbook of the world 1995. New York, 1996.
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